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To ride a TurboRad took some getting used to – for humans that is – but the sophonts were expert riders within seconds. Even so, controlling such a beast of a motorcycle at speeds of up to 480kph was not for the fainthearted and Paul and Serena both discovered the sensation that humans call exhilaration on the journey from Puska to New London.
After a trouble-free two hour ride, they pulled up at a bar ten kilometres outside the main city. Engaging the TurboRads’ self-stabilizers they dismounted the bikes and walked into the building, taking off their helmets as they entered. Placing the helmets under their stools, they sat at the bar, ordered two beers, and waited.
A drunken middle-aged Chinese man stumbled towards the androids, swaying as a consequence of the six beers that he’d re
